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‘Hardest natural disaster ever faced’: Blackstone cleaning up, preparing for another round of icy weather Many still waiting for power to come back in Blackstone By Karina Bolster | February 17, 2021 at 6:28 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 7:16 PM BLACKSTONE, Va. (WWBT) - Mass power outages are a risk of Thursday’s upcoming ice storm even as thousands of people in Central Virginia still do not have their lights back on. Despite the lack of power, James Allison is not slowing down. “Trying to clean up today,” he said. “We’ve got the whole front of the ya...

SUMMARY T. O. Sandy was Virginia’s earliest agricultural extension agent. A farmer, scientist, and teacher, he opened the state’s first extension office in Burkeville in 1907, serving the residents in surrounding counties with practical agricultural advice. In 1914, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg assumed the administration of the statewide program. Sandy, who had briefly attended Virginia Tech, coordinated Virginia’s extension efforts until his retirement in 1917. During Sandy’s tenure as extension agent, farming practices and attitudes toward scienti...

Verizon response: coast-to-coast winter storm update February 17 Update What you need to know: We've added Nottoway County, VA to the talk/text/data offer extended to customers in 15 counties in four states yesterday Verizon's network continues to support customers and first responders in the midst of widespread severe weather and power outages. Talk/Text/Data offer As extreme winter weather continues to wreak havoc on much of the country, we've expanded our talk/text/data offer to include Nottoway County, VA. See our February 16 update below for details. Customers do not need to do anything ...

Nottoway County Supervisor John Roark is upset because the county's three shelters close at 4 p.m., leaving those in need to fend for themselves after dark.

Significant ice impacts are expected through early Sunday morning Author: Craig Moeller, 13News Now Weather Team Published: 9:20 AM EST February 13, 2021 Updated: 9:20 AM EST February 13, 2021 A combination of cold high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south is setting up a potentially significant ice storm for much of Central Virginia. Credit: 13News Now High pressure has been driving frigid air down the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains. An air mass with below freezing surface temperatures is essentially "trapped" over Vir...